EMALS

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System. Genericization of the product name and its abbreviation, of such a system developed by General Atomics for the U.S. Navy.

Noun

EMALS (plural EMALSs or EMALSes)

1. (military, aviation) Acronym of electromagnetic aircraft launch system: A launch catapult system for airplanes on aircraft carriers powered by linear acceleration with electromagnetic forces

   Synonym: electromagnetic aircraft launch system

   Hypernyms: electromagnetic catapult, launch catapult, aircraft catapult, catapult

   Coordinate terms: steam catapult, CATOBAR

Further reading

• Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Smeal, Salem, semla, mesal, Lemas, almes, males, MELAS, Selma, lamés, lames, amels, Melas, Males, melas, meals, Smale, leams